Jim Huggins, a Lt. Colonel in the Auxilliary Air Force and movie producer, withdrew from the race to become Oregon’s next governor.

“We’ve got the right message, and we’ve got the right plan,” Huggins said, “but we don’t have the donor, volunteer, and organizational infrastructure we need to punch through a crowded primary candidate field and position ourselves to win a general election.”

Huggins is the fourth candidate to withdraw from the crowded governor’s race and the second Republican. Monte Sauer Jr withdrew as a Republican candidate, and Nico Pucci and Casey Kulla withdrew from the Democrat lineup.

Kulla withdrew to run for Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries. Huggins’ campaign was largely based on four issues including getting tough on crime, reducing homelessness, opposing the weakening of Measure 11 sentencing, and strengthening parental control over the direction of their children’s education.

He continues to believe, as his internal polling shows, that these issues can unite conservatives, non-affiliated voters, and moderate Democrats to create an opportunity to end the Democrat stranglehold on the governor’s mansion that has leg Oregon so far from what it can be.

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“There are many ways to have an impact on elections and impact on public policy apart from being elected governor that doesn’t require millions of dollars and out of state consultants,” Huggins said. “I am not going away. Oregon can and must be saved from bad leadership by advancing the principles of individual freedom and personal responsibility in government. Such principles bring out the best in all of us.”

The machine of campaigning is complex, and good candidates are lost to the process of learning the wheel. Media can bury a candidate as fast as a lack of funding.

The remaining 17 Republicans and 11 Democrats need a self-evaluation and not bog down the wheel.


--Donna Bleiler

Post Date: 2022-01-24 17:35:59

Last Update: 2022-01-24 17:44:04